hella
- determiner
- /ˈhɛlə/
- Slang
- That is one hella big bunch of grapes.
Like I did hella hauls, like give me the free clothes.
- Like I did hella hauls, like give me the free clothes.
- I did a full like functional medicine scan, like hella labs, like for my blood, my thyroid, my hormones, my stool.
- In California you could be suffering from hella foot pain bra, whereas in Massachusetts it's wicked bad gout in your Red Sox.
Examples
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All right, I've been out with you a few times, you know, and what I've seen you do is either gin and tonic or just hella shots of tequila.
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There will be hella noms, lots of drinks, the best beats, and just like last year, we're breaking up the Yammer beer bong tables.
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It's just got the bands and this is a hella low waist.
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And I remember one time I went to India and I bought a Christmas globe because things are hella cheap in India.
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But oh, these are hella pigmented and I'm not.
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In California you could be suffering from hella foot pain bra, whereas in Massachusetts it's wicked bad gout in your Red Sox.
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We're going to go because we need things that Target has and it's either Target or Walmart and Walmart is hella hectic around the holidays.
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Let's find like a Portuguese tapas place that delivers and get like hella just like like appetizers, picky foods.
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That is one hella big bunch of grapes.
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We're going to go because we need things that Target has and it's either Target or Walmart and Walmart is hella hectic around the holidays.
Synonyms
A large amount of something
Very many or a large amount used before a noun in informal speech
A very large amount of something
Antonyms
How Many
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hella used before a noun works like the words 'a lot of' or 'many' and likely grew from the same phrase hell of a in Northern California. So you can say 'hella people' to mean 'many people'.